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THE

NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

Published by Authority.

WELLINGTON, THURSDAY, MARCH 21, 1895.

*Districts constituted under "The Marriage Act, 1880."

(L.S.)
GLASGOW, Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

IN pursuance and exercise of the power and authority
vested in the Governor by "The Marriage Act, 1880," I, David, Earl of Glasgow, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby abolish the existing marriage districts known as the Whangarei, Manai, Dargaville, Mangapai, Rangitikei, Lumsden, Riverton, and Winton Districts, and do proclaim and declare that the territory heretofore comprised within the said districts is hereby divided anew into ten marriage districts, the names and boundaries whereof shall be as follow:—

WHANGAREI DISTRICT.

All that area in the Auckland Land District bounded towards the north, north-east, and east generally by the sea from Helena Bay to the Pataua River: towards the south-east by the Pataua River, Sections Nos. 69, 68, 62, 60, 59, 58, all of Waikare Parish, and by Section No. 77, to Parua Bay; thence by the eastern shores of the said Parua Bay to Whangarei Harbour; thence by a line across the said harbour to One-tree Point: thence towards the south generally by the southern shores of the said Whangarei Harbour to the south-eastern corner of the Maungatapere Parish; thence by the Maungakaramea Parish to the mail-road from Whangarei to Mangapai; thence by that road, passing through Sections Nos. 98, 99, 101, 132, 102, 103, and the road passing Sections Nos. 86, 79, 78, 77, 76, 75, 73, 65, 64, 63, 62, 61, 60, 59, 4, 5, 6, 7, 29, 28, 27, 130, 129, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, all of Maungakaramea Parish, 7A, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, Block I., Tangihua Survey District, through Pukepukerau Block, passing Te Iweri Block, through Native land, and through Marumaru Block, to Hobson County: thence towards the south-west by Hobson County: and towards the north-west by Bay of Islands County to Helena Bay.

MANAIA DISTRICT.

All that area in the Auckland Land District bounded towards the north-west and west generally by the Pataua River and Sections Nos. 151, 150, Rakuai No. 2 Block, Parua Block, and Turiapua Block, all of Owhiwa Parish, to Parua Bay; thence by Parua Bay; towards the south-west generally by Whangarei Harbour to Busby Head: towards the south by the sea from Busby Head to Bream Head: and towards the east generally by the sea from Bream Head to the Pataua River.

DARGAVILLE DISTRICT.

All that area in the Auckland Land District bounded towards the north and north-west by the Hokianga and Bay of Islands Counties from Maunganui Bluff to Trig. Station

No. 18: towards the north-east by the Whangarei County from Trig. Station No. 18 to the road leading from Tangiteroria, on the River Wairoa, to Mangapai; and thence by that road to Section No. 92, Maungakaramea Parish: thence towards the east generally by said Section No. 92 and the Maungakaramea Parish to the Tauraroa River: thence generally towards the south-east by the said river, the Mangonui River, and Arapohue Parish, to the Wairoa River; thence by a due-west line across and by the said river to the Aratapu Creek, by the said creek to Section No. 14, Kopuru Parish, and by that parish to the sea: and towards the south-west by the sea to Maunganui Bluff.

MANGAPAI DISTRICT.

All that area in the Auckland Land District bounded towards the north generally by the Tangiteroria–Mangapai Road from the north-western corner of Section No. 92, Maungakaramea Parish; thence by the said road, passing said section, and Sections Nos. 91, 90, 89, 88, 87, 129, 130, 27, 28, 29, 7, 6, 5, 4, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 73, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, and 86, all of Maungakaramea Parish, to the road passing through Section No. 103; thence by that road and its continuation through Sections Nos. 102, 132, 101, 99, and 98, to the Maungatapere Parish; thence by the said parish to the Tokitoki River: thence towards the east generally by the said Tokitoki River, the Mangapai River, and the waters of the Whangarei Harbour, to the western boundary of the Ruakaka Parish: thence towards the east generally by that parish and the Waipu and Wairau Parishes: towards the south by the Paparoa Parish: towards the south-west generally by the Parishes of Matakohc, Omaru, and Okahu respectively, to the Tauraroa River: thence towards the north-west generally by the said Tauraroa River to the southern boundary of the Maungakaramea Parish; thence by the south-western and western boundaries of that parish to the north-western corner of Section No. 92 of said parish.

RANGITIKEI DISTRICT.

All that area in the Wellington Land District bounded towards the north-west generally by the Wangaehu River from the sea to a point in line with the north-eastern boundary-line of the block formerly known as the Rangitikei Block; thence towards the north-east by Wanganui County, and the Ridings of Mangahoe and Paraeakaretu in Rangitikei County; towards the south-east by the Rangitikei River; towards the south-west generally by the Town District of Bull's and the Great North-western Trunk Road; thence again towards the south-east generally by Sections Nos. 37, 98, and 97, Block V., Rangitoto Survey District, Section No. 117, Block IX., Rangitoto Survey District, Sections No. 165, Block V., Koitiata Survey District, No. 166, Block IV., 167, Block V., and 170, Block IV., Koitiata Survey District, and the north-western boundary-line of the last-mentioned section produced to the sea; and towards the south-west by the sea.